Abby is growing up (soo fast!)

I'm so in love with my niece, Abby.  I think she's just absolute perfection (well.. because she is).  You will all be seeing A LOT of her over the years.   This was her debut here.  It's crazy to me when I look at those pictures how much she's changed in the first few months!  She's  7 months now and it's such a fun age.  (But really, Bean... #1 you need to slow down!  Time is just going way too fast for my liking. and #2 I still plan on calling you Bean even when you're old enough to be embarrassed by your super cool aunt).  Life flies by and blurs into this crazy thing we call life.  And I want to just freeze it here and remember little Bean just like this.  And to remember watching all the new things she learns everyday.  She's all smiles and laughs and it just makes me so happy.  Not to mention seeing Mike and Kristin be such amazing parents to her... I love it.  They are just naturals and Abby instantly lights up around them.  That's what it's all about.

Here's the most adorable Pats fan ever.  :)

Little pumpkin' xo

Mini Kristin on the left... .Mini Mike on the right!

Now I can't help but throw these last couple in.   Lil auntie love :)

Garvin Family Cousins!

Pink and green plaid and a whole lot of adorable!

Showing up and seeing a sea of pink and green plaid and pink bows 100% made me day...not gonna lie.   Viki asked me to shoot pictures of her kids, Maeve and Brendan and their five cousins for Christmas!  I was excited...  And totally up for the challenge of shooting seven kids at once.  SEVEN.  Yup.   So I headed over to Viki's house on a gorgeous fall Saturday morning not too long ago.  We just took a stroll with the kids around the lake and they were awesome.  They really just wanted to go check out the ducks or skip rocks in the water but were great at humoring me and my camera.  This is a yearly tradition for these kids and I'm so glad to have been a part of this year.  It was so nice to meet you all!

And Viki... thanks for always pushing me to make this happen!   xoxo

I love outtakes.   They are real life.

So funny... not sure what is happening in the one on the left.  Look at all of their faces.  Clearly I was about to fall or get eaten by a bear or something.

Birth order... love it.

Grady, Hayden and Ava!!

I was so excited when Kelley asked me to do these pictures.   It had been ridiculously long since I'd seen them and it was so good to catch up and see their adorable kids.  Kevin is my step-brother and I can remember being kids like it was yesterday.  It just makes me so happy to see him as a Dad.  They are such an adorable family.  I drove down the their house to just capture their life as it is, right at this very second.  That's the stuff I love.  The kids playing in the yard, their dog hanging out on the back deck.  Just real -everyday -chasing after kids - laughing while you do it- kind of day.

Do they make beautiful kids or what??

Meet Ava!

And Hayden..

And big brother, Grady!

Ava strutting her stuff..

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Love these, you two...

Nebraska wanted in on the fun too!

HILARIOUS...  I love this.   See ya, Hayden!

Grady's embarrassed after giving Mom a flower.... too cute.

Kevin and Kelley -  thank you so much for asking me to do this for you guys!  Hope you love them.  And it was so good to see you :)

Katia, Dave and sweet little Davio!

Davio seriously might be one of the cutest little boys EVER.   I know... I say "cutest ever" a lot on here but I mean COME ON.   Wait til you see him.  His parents, Katia and Dave are just awesome and the three of them (going on 4!) make the most adorable family ever.   I met them at their gorgeous house a couple weeks back and Davio was instantly all smiles and hamming it up for me.  And can I tell you how excited I was to see the coolest , rustic looking barn ever right on their street??

I've been so lucky that all of these amazing people in my life have been just as excited I am to do these shoots.  It's like this instant, comfortable vibe every time.   I love it.  I honestly say "I could do this every day" every time I'm shooting.  This time was obviously no different :)

Anyway, enough of my rant!  Meet handsome little Davio!

Davio is going to be a big brother!!

His face is priceless!

Now I feel like I can officially pop open that Romano home made red wine!!  Yessss   Thanks guys!  Hope you love them :)